Pharmaceutical implement.



No. 693,l56. Patented Feh.'ll, 1902.

II, F. ROCHESTER. PHARMACEUTICAL IMPL'EMEN-T.

(Application filed am. 211, 1901.

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAR-Z F. ROCHESTER, OF INGLESIDE, MARYLAND.

PHARMACEUTICAL llVl PLEMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 693,156, dated February 11, 1902. Application filed March 28, 1901. Serial No. 53,231. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARZ F. ROCHESTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ingleside, in the county of Queen Anne and State of Maryland, have invented new and useful Improvements in Pharmaceutical Implements, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to pharmaceutical instruments; and the primary object thereof is to provide an improved device of the character described which will be applicable to various uses; and with this object in view the invention consists in the parts and combinations of parts, all of which will be fully described hereinafter, the novel features recited in the claims, and the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention with the parts folded upon each other. Fig. 2 is a top plan view showing the parts in their extended position.

Referring now to the drawings by numerals of reference, 1 designates an imperforate spoon-shaped blade, from one end of which projects an elongated handle 2. Hinged to the extreme end of this blade is a similar handle 3 of a perforate spoon-shaped blade 4, from the bottom of which projects a funnelshaped extension 5. Near the juncture of the handles 2 and 3 with the respective spoonshaped blades I provide blocks 6 and 7. At or adjacent the hinge 8 are pivoted a corkscrew and knife-edged lever 9 and 10, respectively, the lever 10 having a right-angle extension 11 for severing the wire fasteners upon bottles and for other purposes. The extension 11 is adapted to fit into a notch 7 when the blades are closed together. On one edge of the blade 3 I provide a longitudinallyextended right-angular flange 12,'while a similar flange is arranged on the opposite edge of the blade 2 and designated by the referencenumeral13. Under normal conditions and when not in use the device will be folded, as shown in Fig. 1, the flanges 12 and 13 inclosing the lever 10 and the corkscrew 9, thereby protecting the same from contact with dirt, dust, or other foreign substances. The points of the lever 10 and the corkscrew 9 will be held within the resilient blocks 6 and 7 and will thereby be protected. It will be noticed that when folded the spoon -shaped blades register at their respective edges, so as to form an inclosed receptacle.

In actual practice the device will be extended, as shown in Fig. 2. If it is desirable to remove a cork from a bottle, the lever 10 will be utilized for removing the wire or other fastening and the corkscrew for removing the cork. In measuring the doses it frequently happens that more than the required amount is poured in the graduate. If an excessive amount is dispensed into the blade 1 and it is desirable to return the medicine to the bottle, this can be easily done by folding the handles 2 and 3 upon each other, as shown in Fig. 1. In this operation the blade 4: should be folded upon the blade 1, and the receptacle formed thereby should be inverted, so as to bring the funnel 5 in the position to be insorted in the neck of the bottle. The contents of the receptacle thus formed will thereby enter the bottle by force of gravity.

In the foregoing it will readilybe seen that I have provided a cheap, durable, and efficient device of the character described, and by its use I dispense with a plurality of tools or implements which would otherwise have to be employed.

I have described in detail what to me at this time appears to be the very best means of accomplishing the desired result, although I would have it understood that I do not limit myself to the exact details of construction shown. For instance, the blades 1 and 4 might be of various shapes to suit existing circumstances or I might graduate the con cave surface of the blade 1 without afiecting the utility of the invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A pharmaceutical instrument comprising an imperforate concavo-convexblade,and a perforated concavo-convex blade provided with a funnel-shaped extension, an elongated handle for each of said blades, said handles having a hinged connection and being adapted to be folded together.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with an imperforate concavo-convex blade, and a perforated concavoconvex blade; of an elongated handle projecting from each blade and hinged together,

whereby the two blades may be folded one longitudinally-extending flanges on the re- 10 upon the other, so that their edges meet, spective handles'for the purpose described.

3. In a device of the character described, In testimony whereof I affix my signature the combination with an imperforate conin presence of two witnesses. caVo-convexblade, and a perforated concavoconvex blade; of an elongated handle pro- MARZ ROOIIES1 jecting from each blade, and hinged-together Witnesses: whereby-the two blades may be folded one LEONARD L. ROCHESTER, upon the other, so that their edges meet; and WILLIAM ROCHESTER. 

